Why In-N-Out is the only fast food restaurant Ina Garten will eat at

Ina Garten is loved for her wealth of culinary insight and all her neat kitchen hacks. But even the Barefoot Contessa has a taste for American fast food. While Ina Garten’s last meal would be a hot dog, according to her, she also loves the cheeseburger from the Four Seasons in Washington, DC

Still, for this seasoned chef, only one fast food chain regularly makes the grade. Garten always makes it a point to stop by In-N-Out Burger when she’s on the go. She claimed that it is the only burger chain she would ever eat at, she once shared during an interview Today“I have to say, I don’t eat fast food at all, with one exception. When we’re in California on book tours, we always go to In-N-Out Burger.” (She also once admitted to enjoying a certain Chicken Shack sandwich from Shake Shack. But maybe that was just research to make her own chicken sandwich recipe.)

Of course, Ina Garten isn’t the only celebrity in the culinary world to give In-N-Out the seal of approval. Of the many stars who have checked out the restaurant’s offerings, Julia Child was also a self-proclaimed fan of the fast food chain. Considering that Child is one of Garten’s inspirations, it seems that it all came around thanks to fast food burgers. As Garten told Today, “(In-N-Out is) so good, and I know it was Julia Child’s favorite too, so it’s okay.” But the A-list praise doesn’t end there.

Back in 2018, Garten stopped by In-N-Out with actress Jennifer Garner, where the two shared cheeseburgers and captured the moment in a photo that took Instagram by storm. But while Garten has been public about her love for the chain, her go-to In-N-Out order has yet to be revealed. Does she go classic with the cheeseburger? Could she wash it down with a chocolate shake? Or better yet, would she treat herself to fries topped with special sauce, grilled onions and cheese? We may never know. But this is still a fun tidbit about everyone’s favorite culinary contessa.